- HD 1080
- Runtime: 92m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France
- Director: Jean Renoir
- Stars: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt, Junie Astor
- keywords: slum, realism, naturalism, slum dwellers
- Production_studio: Albatros
- Slogan: From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The The Lower Depths is featured in the top rankings of 1936
- #3 in Top Romance Movies of 1936
- #8 in Top Drama Movies of 1936
- #3 in Top Crime Movies of 1936
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.